Carrier for foundry-ladles.



G. J. BLAGKHAM.

CARRIER FOR FOUNDRY LADLES.

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GEORGE J. BLAGKPIAQAI, OF 'UNIONTOW COMPANY, OF NEW CARRIER FORFOUNDRY-LADLES.

No. 927,022. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 28, 1908. Serial No. 459,873.

Patented July 6, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. BLACKHAM, a citizen. of the United States,residing at Uniontown, county of Fayette, and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriers forFoundry-Ladies, fully described and represented in the followingspecification and the accompanying (:lrawings, forming a part of thesame.

This invention relates to means for pouring metal into a plurality ofgates upon a mold, and the object of the invention is to furnish a meansof detachably supporting a plurality of ladles upon a hanger so thatthey may be readily transported upon a crane by means of the hanger, andsimultaneously tipped while thus suspended to discharge the metal into aplurality of gates in a mold.

The invention will be understood by reference to the annexed drawing, inwhich Figure 1 is a side view of the apparatus with the ladles slightlytipped to commence pouring into the mold, which is showndiagrammatically in the lower part of this figure. Fig. 2 is an end viewof the apparatus, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the device for holding andturning the ladle.

The hanger consists of a top bar a having an eye I) in the center toengage a hook 0 upon the chain at of a crane, the bar having threedepending arms 6 provided each at the bot tom with a hook f.

The turning-bar for supporting and turning the ladles is formed with acentral pivotpiece 9, a pivot end 7t and a turning shaft t havingcross-bar with handles 76 at its opposite ends to turn the bar. Theturning-bar is shown provided with two rings Z in which ladles m areshown fitted, the body of the ladle being made of tapering form and theinterior of the rings Z correspondingly tapered to fit the same so thatthe ladles can be readily inserted in or removed from the ring. Theladles may, if desired, be formed with spouts a, as shown in Fig. 1.

The bearings g, h and t of the turning-bar are adapted to rest removablyin the hooks 1 upon. the hanger-arms, and the turning-bar is thusremovable from the hooks. The end pivot 7b is projected beyond itshanger-bearing so that it can be used in connection with theturning-shaft t to lift the turning-bar with the ladles out of thehanger when required. The portions of the turning-bar which rest in thehooks f form journals on which the ladles are journaled when pouring.

The top of the mold 0 is shown in Fig. 1 with two inlets or gates pcentered the same as the centers of the rings Z upon the turningbars, sothat when the ladles are suspended over the mold by means of the hangerand crane-hook, the metal from both the ladles can be poured into thegates simultaneously. It is obvious that more than two ladles can beused if the hanger be provided, as is requisite to sustain the weightproperly, with hanger-arms at both sides of each ladle.

It will be obvious that the structure is exceedingly cheap, as thehanger is formed merely of round bar iron bent and welded into therequired shape, and yet it serves to form a hanger in which a pluralityof ladles can be supported removably and can be turned to pour from boththe ladles simultaneously. Foundry ladles are made in many cases withcarrying-handles at opposite sides; but such ladles cannot be removedfrom the handles for repairs or renewal, and it would be diflicult toapply such construction to a plurality of ladles.

In my invention, the turning-bar is not riveted or welded to the metalof the ladles, but is made separate and formed with as many rings in thesame plane as are needed to support the required number of ladles, andthis permits the ladles to be removed for repairs, alterations orrenewal. In a compound ladle of this kind, such a construction is verydesirable as the ladles are subject, in the course of time, to be burnedout, while the turning-bar and rings are not exposed to any such wear.

Having thus .set forth the nature of the invention What is claimedherein is:

1. The combination, with an axial turning-bar having two 0 en ringsthereon in the same plane, with la les fitted removably in the rings, ofa hanger having at the center an eye to suspend it from a crane-hook,and three open hook-bearings to removably embrace the turning-barbetween and at the outer sides of the rings which carry the ladles.

2. The combination, with an axial turning-bar having two open ringsthereon in the same plane, with ladles fitted removably in the rings, ofa wrought metal hanger made in one piece, having the top bar a with eye6 at the center to suspend from a crane-hook, and three depending arms 0having at the bottom open hooks f to embrace the turning-bar be of thehanger to permit the lifting of the tween and at the outer sides of therings turning-bar and ladies from the hanger when which carry theladies. required.

8. The combination, with an axial turn- In testimony whereof I havehereunto set 15 ing-bar having two open rings thereon in the i my handin the presence of two subscribing sameplane,withladlesfittedremovablyinthe 1 witnesses. rings, of a hanger consisting of thestraight top bar a with eye I) at the center, the arms (Z depending fromthe bar a with open hooks GEORGE J. BLAOKHAM.

Vitnesses:

10 f at the bottom, and the opposite ends of the g CnARLEs T. CRAMER,

turning-bar projecting from the-outer hooks GEORGE E. CRAMER.

